Spacing and fastening device



Nov. 23,1926. 3 O. JOHNSON SPACING AND FASTENING DEVICE Filed May 9.1923 INVENTOR,

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Patented Nov. 23, 1926. I

pairs!) STATES OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRED STARR,OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

I SPACING AND FASTENIJSiG' DEVICE-.-

Application filed May 9,

This invention relates to spacing and fasteningdevices for metal lathconstruction, or the like; and its object is to provide a simplified,inexpensive, combined fastening and spacing device for the wire nettingthereof. A further object is to provide means for securing thebuilding-paper some times used between the plaster and the sheathing. V

The accompanying sheet of drawings il-. lustrate the invention and inwhich:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the device con structed in accordance withmy invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same de vice after it has been drivenin place.

Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the device in a modified shape.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the deviceas shown in Fig. 3 after it hasbeen driven in place.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a modification of the device.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of another modification of the device.

Fig. 7 is a side elevation of another modification of the device,showing two spacing members.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the device of Fig. 1, showing itsposition in a sectional piece of sheathing and building-paper.

Like numerals of reference designatelike designates theshank or straightpart of the device that is partly driven into the sheath ing or wood, 2designates the part of the device that acts as spacer, 8 is the upperbent part of the device or the "crotch that hooks over the netting, 4;is the point or toe, 5 is the foot or heel of the spacer part of thedevice, 6 designates part of the device reduced in size by notches or bybeing cut fiat so it will bend more readily,7 is part of the netting inthe crotch of the device held in place by the spacer part, 8 designatesa piece of building-paper heldfirmly against the sheathing 9 by the heelof the spacer art. i li Iy invention as here shown is made of roundwire, but square orfiat metalmay be used. i V In usingmy invention, thepointed end of shank 1 is driven through the building-paper 8 into thesheathing 9, the ,point t piercing the building pa'per andthesheath- Thenumeral 1 1923. Serial No. 637,803.

ing, the heel 5 holding building-paper firmly against the sheathing. Theresistance offered by heel 5 causes the reduced or weak ened parts 6 "tobend, thereby causing the spacer 2 to come under the netting 7, holdingsame securely in crotch 3.

In the device of Fig. 5, the spacing part 2 is turned up and is withouta point, and the device is driven in as before, until the net ting 7 isheld firmly in crotch 3;

In Fig. 6, the device is not provided with any weakened parts, butdepends on the resistance of heel 5 to cause it to bend.

In using the modified device as shown by Fig. 7, the long points 4 aredriven into the sheathing, the reduced parts 6 causing the spacer parts2 to draw together under the netting, holding same firmly in crotch 3.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1.- A wire spacing and fastening device in the form of a two-prongedstaple, having one of said prongs provided with a series of bendsadapting the prong to close inwardly and upwardly to engage the wirewhen the said staple is driven home.

2. A spacing and fastening device comprising, a shank, a spacing memberformed integral with said shank and extending downwardly therefrom,oppositely disposed notches formed in said spacing member whereby saidmember is bent inwardly and upwardly .at its notched points to formgripping means for wire netting when the device is driven home.

3. A spacing and fastening device comprising, a shank, a spacing memberformed downwardly therefrom and provided with a toe at the lower endthereof, and notches :formed in said spacing member intermediate thereofand adapted to bend said member integral with said shank and extendingdownwardly therefrom and ending in a toe,

integral with said shank and extending inwardly when driven home toengage the netting, the toe engaging the sheathing to prevent slippage.

5. In combination, a sheathing, a spacing and fastening devicecomprising a shank, a spacing member formed integral with said shank andextending downwardly therea from and provided with a toe and heel at thelower end thereof, oppositely disposed notches formed in the spacingmember adapted to bend the said member inwardly and upwardly when drivenhome to form a gripping and spacing means for a wire netting, the toepreventing slippage and the heel determining the spacing.

6. A lath staple comprising a single length of wire having one endformed into a driven element terminating at its upper end into a lateralextension, and its other end bent to form lath spacing means disposedbelow said extension, and a connection between said lath spacing meansand the outer end of said extension said connection having a portionsubstantially reduced in cross section in the plane of the staple andadapted to operatively bend when said lath spacing means engages thesupport into which said driven element is operatively projected a properdistance.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signedmy name.

OTTO lV. JOHNSON.

